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METRO DISTRICT WEB SITE POLICY |
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NOTE: This policy was approved by the New
York Metro District Board of Trustees on Jan. 10, 1998, and will be
reviewed annually.
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CONTENT |
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| The District web site will contain information concerning
District organization and activities, as well as contact information for
District congregations. Since the District and UUA serve the needs of
local congregations, and congregations can be more effective in their
service and outreach when working together, we will strive to make the
District web site useful in providing resources to congregations and
facilitating communication and cooperation between them. |
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| Much of the current content has been abstracted and
updated from the annual District Directory. |
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| Congregational contact information: In addition to the
main street address, phone and e-mail address, only the minister,
president (if no full-time minister), and office administrator will be
listed as contacts on these public web pages. Further contact information
can be found in the District Directory or on the individual web site of
each congregation. |
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| Each District congregation is encouraged to create its
own web page and place it on the Internet. The District will provide links
to each congregation's web page after we have been alerted to its
existence. |
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| The Unitarian Universalist District of Metropolitan New
York does not take responsibility for, and does not necessarily agree with
nor support the opinions expressed and information provided at other web
sites which can be accessed by following links from the District site. |
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Use of the Site by Affiliated
Organizations |
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| The District intends to make server space available as
needed by District-affiliated organizations for their web pages. Each
organization should send the pages with associated graphics to the
District web administrator by e-mail in fully web-ready and pre-tested
form (HTML), after having alerted the
web administrator that
attached files will be sent. One-time or annually updated files can be
accepted in ASCII format, but please read the
introductory tips on how to format
files for the web and follow the suggestions there. |
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| The District will also attempt to find volunteers to help
affiliated organizations create and prepare their web pages, but no
guarantees are offered. |
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| If regular (more than quarterly) updates to the pages,
special graphics (more than 300K) or programming (cgi, java) are required,
we strongly recommend securing another provider for the pages and alerting
the District webweaver to provide a link to them. There are currently at
least two service providers who offer free space for web pages. |
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Personal Information |
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| We are well aware of the difficult balance between
providing useful contact information for the conduct of District business
and the promotion of Unitarian Universalism, and the potential danger of
posting personal information on the widely accessible world wide web. |
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| The District web site will contain contact information
for appropriate individuals. However, street addresses will be removed
unless no other means of contact has been provided. Post office box and
congregation street addresses will be included. Phone numbers and e-mail
addresses for individuals will also be included, unless we receive a
request from a given individual that all or part of their contact
information be removed. Anonymous pictures of individuals may be included,
but before associating an individual's picture with his or her name or
contact information, we will first seek her or his permission. |
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| Information about another person posted to our message
board or guestbook without explicit permission from the person and from
the site administrator will be deleted (as will advertisements and other
unrelated information). |
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